Heiligengrabe
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| Heiligengrabe | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Ostprignitz-Ruppin |
| Local subdivisions | 14 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Egmont Hamelow (Wählergruppe Heiligengraber Land) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 232.30 km² (89.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population | 5,046 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 22 /km² (56 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | OPR |
| Postal code | 16909 |
| Area code | 033962 |
| Website | www.heiligengrabe.de |
| Location of Heiligengrabe within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district | |
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Heiligengrabe is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
The Cistercian convent there (also known as Techow) was founded in 1289 by Bishop Heinrich of Havelberg and the Margrave Otto of Brandenburg, initially for 12 nuns. It held an important relic in the form of a Bleeding Host which, so it was said, had been violated by a Jew.
The convent acquired considerable wealth and estates in the area, partly through the revenue from pilgrims to the Bleeding Host, and partly through donations from the noble families round about, especially when one of their daughters entered the convent. Among the nuns of local great houses were members of the families Gans zu Puttlitz, von Quitzow, von Rohr, von Winterfeld, von Blumenthal. Some of the Abbesses were great characters. One had a quarrel with the Duke of Mecklenburg, who refused to pay a debt to the convent. So she borrowed a large artillery piece and decalred war on Mecklenburg, bombarding it across the nearby frontier. At the time of the Reformation, Abbess Anna von Quitzow would have nothing to do with the new religion, and refused to pay tax.
After the reformation the place remained an establishment for daughters of the nobility, who were expected to show sixteen quarterings in their arms.
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